8th Grade ch 14-The Nation Divided

Question 1

wilmot proviso

Answer 1

congress ban all slavery in the mex-amer war territory, never passed, south saw as a threat

Question 2

popular sovereignty

Answer 2

lewis cass, meant that people in the territory or state would vote directly on issues rather team having their elected representatives decide

Question 3

free soil party

Answer 3

made of antislavery whigs and democrats, wanted no slavery in mex territory

Question 4

secede

Answer 4

withdraw

Question 5

issue of california

Answer 5

north said no slaves cuz it was over mis compromise line but south didn’t want imbalance in congress

Question 6

issue of washington dc

Answer 6

north wanted slave trade banned in wash dc

Question 7

fugitive

Answer 7

runaway enslaved person, south wanted north to catch them and return them back to south

Question 8

henry clay

Answer 8

proposed missouri compromise earlier, made more compromises for current debates

Question 9

john c calhoun

Answer 9

against compromise and henry clay, said that if cali was made free, south would be weak. 2 solutions: new amendment for rights or secession

Question 10

daniel webster

Answer 10

supported clay, wanted compromise to preserve the union

Question 11

compromise of 1850

Answer 11

compromise based on clays proposals: north happy: cali was free state, dc had no more slave trade, south happy: pop sovereignty for mex territory, fugitive slave act

Question 12

fugitive slave act

Answer 12

government was allowed to arrest anybody who was accused as being a fugitive, no trial, convinced more people that slavery was bad

Question 13

harriet beecher stowe

Answer 13

wrote “uncle toms cabin” a book about a slave who was abused, raised awareness to people who didn’t care about slavery, seen as propaganda in south

Question 14

propaganda

Answer 14

false or misleading info

Question 15

stephen douglas

Answer 15

pushed kansas-nebraska act, wanted a railroad between illinois and pacific coast

Question 16

kansas nebraska act

Answer 16

two new territories, slavery determined via pop sovereignty, (undid mis compromise) south supported: sent slave owners from mis to vote in kansas, north hated: said douglas reopened issue of slavery in territories

Question 17

bleeding kansas

Answer 17

lots of pro slavery people snuck into kansas to turn it proslavery soon the pro vs anti slave people got into fights, violence was so bad it was called bleeding kansas

Question 18

john brown 1

Answer 18

antislavery settler, let men into proslavery land and murdered some ppl, set off widespread fighting in bleeding kansas

Question 19

republican party

Answer 19

formed from northern whigs when the whig party split apart in 1854

Question 20

dred scott

Answer 20

enslaved person who once lived in antislavery territory, sued saying he should be free

Question 21

roger b taney

Answer 21

said dred scott was not free bc- 1. had no right to sue cuz he wasn’t a citizen, 2. living in free territory did not make a slave free. went on to say that mis compromise was unconstitutional, allowed any state allow slavery if they wanted

Question 22

dred scott decision reaction

Answer 22

south: rejoiced, meant slavery was legal in all territories, north: so shocked that many people who were on the fence about slavery were now strongly antislavery

Question 23

abraham lincoln

Answer 23

northerner who spoke out agains dred scott decision, became central figure in the fight against spread of slavery

Question 24

lincoln vs douglas

Answer 24

lincoln: opposed kansas-nebraska act, antislavery, predicted slavery would die on its own, didn’t plan to ban existing slaves states, just incoming ones douglas: supported kansas-nebraska act, popular sovereignty, proslavery
in the end, douglas won for senate

Question 25

john brown 2

Answer 25

got a small amount of people and attacked virginia town wanting to steal us army guns, thought lots of blacks would help but not enough, brown was soon captured and many of his followers killed

south: thought he was like a terrorist and deserved to die
north: praised him for his bravery and called him a hero

Question 26

election of 1860

Answer 26

4 candidates: lincoln (rep), douglas(n. dem), bell (cons union), breckinridge (s. dem) lincoln only got 40% popular vote, but got 60% electoral votes for the win

Question 27

confederate states of america

Answer 27

when lincoln was elected south thought they no longer had a voice in government. South carolina was first state to secede and soon formed the confederate states of america with 6 other states. jefferson davis was their president

Question 28

lincoln inaugural address

Answer 28

tried to tell seceded states that he meant them no harm an didn’t want to interfere with the slaves they had, just wanted to stop the growing of slaves in new territories, was rejected by the confederacy

Question 29

fort sumter

Answer 29

in south carolina, commander would not surrender it to confederacy but its troops were starving and needed supplies. lincoln thought that if fort was surrendered other states would secede so tried to supply with food and not guns. confederates attacked fortune 1861 and it was surrendered. start of the civil war

Question 30

main events to civil war (8)

Answer 30

1. ) missouri compromise (1820)
2. )compromise of 1850
3. ) uncle toms cabin (1852)
4. ) kansas-nebraska act –> bleeding kansas(1854)
5. )dred scott decision(1857)
6. )john brown raid (1859)
7. ) election of 1860
8. ) attack on fort sumter (1861)